(1868-1963) The day the war officially started on Iraq‚ thousands of people gathered at the Texas Capitol to protest the U.S. involvement in the war. That morning‚ as a government employee working at the Courthouse‚ I was notified via email of the impending protest. The email urged supervisors to let "non-essential personnel" leave early so that they could avoid the turmoil that the protest was sure to cause on traffic. I‚ unfortunately‚ am considered "essential personnel"‚ so there was no early release
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I think Kaepernick had a very good point as to why he didn’t stand up during the national anthem. I believe that if you don’t agree with something‚ you shouldn’t support it‚ although you should still be respectful about the matter. He was respectful about it by not standing up instead of getting mad about the issue. He did not stand up because the national anthem stands for equality and he doesn’t think he has been treated very fairly in the past because of his race. This caused the black lives matter
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approach to solve problems. Civil disobedience is when people use a peaceful form of political protest. Uncivil disobedience is when people pursue violent means to achieve a movement or goal. Civil disobedience is a more effective act rather than an uncivil act because it allows more people to join and it wouldn’t cause severe problems. Civil disobedience would allow children to be a part of the protest. The other reason would be that acting with a civil disobedience you would be sending a clear message
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All American citizens give up some of their personal liberties for the good of society: it is the basis of the constitution and every law. When citizens feel a law is unjust‚ they have two options: follow it or fight it. While the usual method of fighting it involves legal challenges or petitioning legislators‚ civil disobedience has achieved much notoriety after its famed success during the Civil Rights movement. The Framework for a Free Society describes a free society as one in which government
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During the time of the 1960s‚ Dr. King was at the forefront of a movement that aimed to replicate the non-violent approach and pacifism of Mahatma Gandhi. Though there were others that differed from this style of protest‚ such as Malcolm X and the Black Panthers movement‚ very few individuals actually had a direct and active way of going about their fight for social justice. Rioting on the streets and protesting at college campuses is not anything new‚ but what is
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The Dakota Access Pipeline is a big deal. These past months people have been protesting and debating on whether to let the pipeline be built or not. What is the Dakota Access Pipeline? The Dakota Pipeline is a new underground pipeline that is made by the Dakota Access‚ LLC. The Dakota Pipeline conveys 470000 barrels of oil per day. This pipeline goes through Bakken/ Three Forks Formation North Dakota near Patoka. The Dakota Access ‚ LLC claims that the project will create up to 40 permanent jobs
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example‚ riots erupted in Charlotte‚ North Carolina in response to the shooting of an African American man‚ Keith Lamont Scott‚ by a Charlotte police officer. These riots began as civil protests which‚ as stated earlier‚ are good and necessary; however‚ by the evening of the first day of protesting‚ civil protest escalated to violence that resulted in Governor Pat McCrory declaring a State of Emergency. CNN’s report on the event features video footage of protestors doing everything from breaking
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still have a small impact on changing things slowly. Journal #11 “Small Change: Why the Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted’ pg. 411 Paragraph 1-4- February 1‚ 1960. Racism is real. Greensboro NC. 4 black men meant to start a change. Paragraph 5-6- Protest was growing. Spread across the South within a week without social media. Paragraph 7- Social media like Facebook and Twitter have given voices to people and causes who might have not been heard otherwise. Paragraph 8-9- Modern technology
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changes overtime. In Zinn’s article‚ he discusses how people obey the law. Civil disobedience is the active‚ professed refusal to obey certain laws‚ demands‚ or commands of a government‚ or of an occupying international power‚ as a form of peaceful protest. He states that the problem is not civil disobedience‚ but it is civil obedience.1 Zinn includes how not only is this happening today‚ but civil obedience has been an uprising since historical times. Civil disobedience has shown more since the 20th
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Freda Josephine McDonald better known as Josephine Baker. Not only was a magnificent entertainer‚ French spy‚ and Woman and African American civil rights activist. Mrs. Baker may be overlooked as just “one of those old school singers and dancers”. Most people would not even think that she was “a woman who was buried with military honors” (Biography.com‚ 2016). And to top it off‚ her endless contribution to bring peace towards the racist attacks thrown at her and others. Through acts of civil disobedience
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